Sentences with phrase «playing good defense»

I do nt know if the players we have are just incapable of playing good defense for a full game or its just the coaching.

I say we start Ian because he atleast is playing good defense when he is having a good game and is more active on the offensive end.

«Janae was playing good defense as well,» said Pitton.

«We definitely needed a game like that where the offense is clicking and we're playing good defense,» Reaves said.

Holiday is playing good defense, but I have yet to see a player that can consistently stay in front of 100 % Dame.

Dame wasn't playing good defense at the start of the game, and he wasn't playing good defense at the end of the game.

A good college team requires playing good defense.

We're still up one though, and we're playing good defense for the most part.

And, I swear, he led with something like «well, since I'm not going to be out there» and then went on about playing good defense, not letting up, etc..

In essence, good «money management» is a lot like playing good defense.

It is still possible, at the moment, to play good defense here, both in terms of public policy and in legally defending Church - based institutions from the assault of the dictatorship of relativism.

The stanchion is playing better defense than the Cavaliers.

«And that's what we talked about: Shea, when he got called back up, it's all about confidence for him and playing better defense and I think we're seeing real good results right now.»

And while statistically his pitch framing metrics have fallen, I thought he worked well with the pitching staff and played good defense.

The Celtics stellar defense, is infectious, and Marcus is no doubt playing better defense this season.

Also when he played good defense referees would whistle on his every contact.

January: James would make a good teammate because he is athletic, smart and would play good defense... sometimes.

It also helped that the Predators played good defense in front of him, and that they blocked 26 Blackhawks shots.

OU needs to (1) play better on the road, (2) play better defense, and (3) find someone to step up when Trae hits a cold streak / gets double - teamed.

To keep Jackson, who figured to be nothing more than a glorified pinch hitter and bona fide gate attraction, the Sox released Shawn Abner and demoted Michael Huff and Warren Newson, all of them reserve outfielders who play good defense, can steal, bunt and advance runners — valuable late - inning skills, none of which Jackson provides.

Unless the Astros always play good defense behind him.

Paul George, Roy Hibbert, George Hill, Lance Stephenson, and David West played the best defense in the league and at one point had the best record in the NBA.

At his peak, he's the uniquely gifted lead player on an above - average offense who plays good defense.

The Nittany Lions have played good defense for as long as anyone can remember, but if they're going to be capable of dropping 384 passing yards and 38 points on teams like Wisconsin and 13.3 yards per attempt on teams like Iowa, that changes the game.

Either Seton Hall or Arizona will be a worthy opponent in the regional final for, presumably, UNLV — the Pirates because they're now playing their best defense of the season, the Wildcats because of their antipathy for the Runnin» Rebels.

Purdue hit their shots, and played good defense.

Can shoot, pass, get boards when needed and can play good defense depending on his match up.

His defense is average at best, he's not physical because he's TINY, he's not producing offensively, BUT because his zone exits are better than Pateryn (who I agree should be playing less, but is still playing better defense than Honka) he should get how many minutes?

«I thought if we played good defense, avoided mistakes and worked as a unit offensively, we could win.

«Everything falls into place when we play good defense,» Johnson said.

Frasier hits for a terrible average and strikes out way too much, but he gets on base, has power, and plays good defense.

If the Sharks get better goaltending (or more accurately, play better defense) they'll be in good shape.

I'm chalking this one up to more of a sample size thing than any indication JVP's been playing better defense at center, but it's at least interesting to look at.

J.R. didn't hit a three and only scored five points, but he played better defense than he had at any point as of late, coming up with two steals and a block, including a critical steal late against Victor Oladipo at half court.

While we want our students to get out there and use new and emerging technologies, we need to give them the fundamentals to play the best defense.

Not exact matches

The Department of Defense has only classified these figures once before — in 2015, when the Obama administration «was trying to portray the war in Afghanistan as all but over,» as the New York Times put it; today, the Afghan government appears to be playing defense, aDefense has only classified these figures once before — in 2015, when the Obama administration «was trying to portray the war in Afghanistan as all but over,» as the New York Times put it; today, the Afghan government appears to be playing defense, adefense, as well.

Sam Darnold might be too worried about going to the Browns to stay focused under center facing the best defense they've played all season.

Having a diversified portfolio is the best way for 99 % of investors to play defense.

But factors other than political ones were at play as well, including a big (5 percent) drop in shares of defense behemoth United Technologies after it announced plans to buy another company for what some analysts deemed an exorbitant price.

We also suggested that sometimes the best move in stock trading is to play defense, and that now may be one of those times.

If «the best defense is a good offense», I recommend that the LGBT community stop playing defense all the time and start putting the R.C. hierarchy on the defensive instead.

Fact is, ANYTHING could change the way people are playing, from personal things in life or things like coaches giving bounties, and I highly doubt a 3rd tier QB made the defense play better, or special teams play better or made those 50 yard game winners go through the up rights... you have no idea what you are talking about and it is quite evident.

As Castelli later reported to Galileo, he «commenced to play the theologian,» and in defense of reconciliation of Scripture and the new science apparently acquitted himself well.

When the author recalls the long gallery of persons whom, in the course of this inquiry, he has come to know with the impetuous but temporary intimacy of the stranger — sharecroppers and plantation owners, workers and employers, merchants and bankers, intellectuals, preachers, organization leaders, political bosses, gangsters, black and white, men and women, young and old, Southerners and Northerners — the general observation retained is the following: Behind all outward dissimilarities, behind their contradictory valuations, rationalizations, vested interests, group allegiances and animosities, behind fears and defense constructions, behind the role they play in life and the mask they wear, people are all much alike on a fundamental level And they are all good people.

These guys haven't played team defense this well in a decade.

The Pats don't let up no matter how many points they have, and their defense has played much better the past few games.

Wolters makes a good back up that plays decent defense and has position flexibility at 2B / SS — important when you only carry a 4 man bench.

That would make our defense better and let our attackers play with more freedom.

you must be kidding, maybe against mid-table teams... Walcott is only good against teams play with high defense line....

«I haven't been around it much, but we're playing well in all three phases of the game: offense, defense, and special teams.